Plants & Fungi: The Definitive Visual Guide

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Holistic, accessible, and beautifully illustrated, this is an essential and timely guide to the world's key plant and fungus species.... Show more

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Product description

Author	DK
Language	English
ISBN	9780241634813
Publisher	Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Pages	448
Size	360 x 303 mm
Format	Hardcover
Images	Many colour illustrations
Year published	2024

Written by specialist experts, Plants & Fungi is a botanical exploration of the world's most fascinating species, many of which are also highly valued for their ecological, economic, and cultural importance. The book explores how Plants and Fungi grow and reproduce and how they have evolved to adapt to every continent on Earth – even in the harshest conditions – while celebrating their beauty and diversity and telling the story of the world's more unusual and intriguing species. Holistic, accessible, and beautifully illustrated, Plants & Fungi is an essential and timely guide to the world's key plant and fungus species.

In Plants & Fungi, you will find:

An exploration of all of the main groups - from the fleeting wildflowers that bring life to deserts to the towering giant trees of tropical rainforest giants, and from the lichens of the Arctic to the cultivated seaweeds of South East Asia
The spectacular diversity of plants and fungi, the ecosystems they support, their symbiotic relationships with animals and each other, and their use in everything from food to clothing and medicine.
Explanations of the ecological, economic, and cultural importance of plants and fungi

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